Li Muyang’s time-stop ability lasted only seven seconds, but he had the chance to reload his save.

    So, after seeing the monster’s head, Li Muyang didn’t rush to act.

    Instead, he leaped to the side of the monster’s head to gather information about the creature.

    In the obstacle course game, information is more important than simply slaying monsters.

    From the side, he finally saw the full form of the creature.

    —It really seemed to have emerged from thin air.

    To be precise, it came out of the mist that enveloped Loushan City. It had only a head as if the rest of its body was still hidden in the fog.

    Behind this eerie mist seemed to be a connection to a strange space. Now, the monster’s head was poking out, attacking the carriage carrying Li Muyang and others.

    After seeing the full form of the monster, Li Muyang drew his sword from its sheath once again and struck at the creature.

    This time, he managed to break through its defenses, but that was all. He only left a wound a few inches deep.

    For a monster of this size, such a wound was equivalent to a minor scratch.

    The imperial saber that came with his game character had a rather indescribable killing power.

    Li Muyang tried to return to the carriage to fetch Fairy Liuli’s immortal sword, but as soon as he got back to the carriage, the time stop ended.

    A huge tremor swept through the carriage, and everything went dark before Li Muyang’s eyes.

    “...The output of this game character is a bit weak.”

    Li Muyang sat somewhat dejectedly on the hard straw roof, lamenting the weakness of his game character.

    He closed his eyes once more, restarting the tutorial for beginners.

    Load the save!

    When Li Muyang opened his eyes again, he found himself sitting in the moving carriage, with Fairy Liuli in front of him conversing with the guide.

    Li Muyang stood up and spoke directly: “Fairy, may I borrow your immortal sword? Something seems off.”

    He spoke concisely while unapologetically reaching out his hand towards Fairy Liuli to ask for the sword.

    Such a sudden and rude gesture shocked the guide, who was speaking at the time.

    Clearly, he did not understand why Li Muyang, who had been silent all the way like a follower, would suddenly make such an outrageous request.

    That was the spirit sword of a Mystic Sword Sect cultivator, intertwined with her life—how could it be casually lent to you?

    But before the guide could speak, Fairy Liuli had already stood up solemnly.

    Reload!

    After decapitating the monster, Li Muyang swiftly turned around and struck with his sword the moment Fairy Liuli began to speak.

    The sharp edge of the immortal sword fell, slicing a mantis-like creature that had just appeared in the air cleanly in two.

    The creature had barely materialized, its dark, sharp claws not yet poised to strike when it was already cleaved apart by Li Muyang.

    The guide was dumbfounded: “Do you have eyes in the back of your head?”

    Li Muyang’s counterattack was so sudden it exceeded everyone’s expectations.

    Even until the moment he struck, there was nothing behind him. But as the sword fell, a Blood Demon Beast conveniently appeared right where the blade landed.

    The scene looked as if the monster had deliberately thrown itself onto his sword’s edge, eerily unsettling.

    Facing the guide’s bewildered gaze, Li Muyang said indifferently, “Nothing special, it’s just because I’m used to it.”

    I’ve died to these monsters’ ambushes many times. I can predict their every move with my eyes closed!

    As Li Muyang spoke, he casually threw out another sword strike.

    The sharp immortal sword whizzed past the guide’s ear, slaying another Blood Demon Beast that had just appeared behind him.

    These bizarre Blood Demon Beasts that popped out of thin air would also vanish abruptly after death, leaving no corpses behind.

    In the short span of a few sentences, several strange Blood Demon Beasts had appeared around the carriage.

    Their unpredictable appearances furrowed Fairy Liuli’s brows.

    “It seems that the Blood Demon Sect practitioners in this city do not wish for us to meet General Wu.”

    Fairy Liuli continued, looking at Li Muyang: “This method of summoning the Nine Nether Blood Beast is a forbidden art that requires a great sacrifice within the Blood Demon Sect.”

    “They definitely wouldn’t summon Blood Demon Beasts If there were other methods.”

    “Now that the Blood Demon Sect practitioners only summon Blood Demon Beasts to attack and refuse to show themselves, it seems that their own strength is not strong, or it may be inconvenient for them to act.”

    At this point, Fairy Liuli’s eyes turned slightly cold: “The seven demonic cultivators who ambushed me outside the city are probably the only forces that the mastermind behind this can muster.”

    “Now that it has lost its minions, it can only resort to the forbidden art of summoning Blood Demon Beasts, still using secret techniques to obstruct us... Could it be that the mastermind is hiding close to General Wu? Does it not want us to meet General Wu?”

    From the changes in the situation, Fairy Liuli keenly deduced key information.

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